I hardly ever comment on customs but just had to say - that is one of the best repaints I have ever seen!
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I hardly ever comment on customs but just had to say - that is one of the best repaints I have ever seen!
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Wow... That's fantasti work there
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gave you a shout out in my video review
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We're all friends here on the forum...=)Originally Posted by Deceptic_Optic
thanks man
That so cool ....thanks KalEl...if only you were in syd i could bring it over for you compare in the reviewgave you a shout out in my video review
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wanna paint mine :P
That so cool ....thanks KalEl...if only you were in syd i could bring it over for you compare in the review
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run us through the step of your paint job
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ok.... this my work flow....
prepare the figure for painting.... this is done by rubbing alcohol mixture on a towel and rub the figure completely...be careful of the join as if the alco get in there it can weaken the join and make it crack...i found out the hard way !! then it very hard to superglue a moving joint back.....
U must wipe it because every toy has a layer of film ..the gloss that protect it and make it water proof ...and paint wouldn't stay on ...
find all the rub points ... but this figure didn't really have any ...thanks to the simple transformation
Dissasemble the figure , as he pretty simple to do so i just got arms, legs body and wings
base coat....as this figure already had the right colours to begin with i just needed to paint white where all the detail and highlights going to be as the highlight colour are transparent .....
Then painting with the light colour first building it up.....
so white...bright orange ...red...burgundy...pearl/blue red
The hardest part is to actually know what colour your going to use and where it is going to be painted! So lots of reference picture ...
Also Know how the paint going to look like when painted...it actually different from the bottle it came from as you have to thin it down for airbrushing and also the transparent of the colour ...like the orange i use...needed the white under or you not going to see it at all....
The thinning of the paint is also important as every colour has a different consistency, i just eye ball it to be a little thinker than water ...With Airbrushing is too never stay in one spot but just keep moving , thin coats ..little burst at a time and never build it up too much or it will run like little drop ! When you actually see the wet (gloss) paint stop! that too much already! let it dry .... it very tempting to keep on goiing but that where you can stuff it up... clean the brush up (i use to hate doing this ...but im getting fast at it now
Waiting inbetween each colour/coats to dry ... and around 2-3 light coats of each colour ...orange took a few more as it very transparent ...
Panel lining and detail done in red and florescent yellow..around 2 coats.
then a clear matte coat
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Looks awesome! I'm feeling inspired to try a repaint myself, if I can find a figure that excites me enough.
What airbrush do you use? I've got an Aztek brush, which has swappable tips to allow you to (in theory) quickly change spray patterns or colours. Might be worth looking into if you get sick of doing a complete clean between colours.
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Im tempted to commission you to do mine then do a video on it for you!ok.... this my work flow....
prepare the figure for painting.... this is done by rubbing alcohol mixture on a towel and rub the figure completely...be careful of the join as if the alco get in there it can weaken the join and make it crack...i found out the hard way !! then it very hard to superglue a moving joint back..
U must wipe it because every toy has a layer of film ..the gloss that protect it and make it water proof ...and paint wouldn't stay on ...
find all the rub points ... but this figure didn't really have any ...thanks to the simple transformation
Dissasemble the figure , as he pretty simple to do so i just got arms, legs body and wings
base coat....as this figure already had the right colours to begin with i just needed to paint white where all the detail and highlights going to be as the highlight colour are transparent .....
Then painting with the light colour first building it up.....
so white...bright orange ...red...burgundy...pearl/blue red
The hardest part is to actually know what colour your going to use and where it is going to be painted! So lots of reference picture ...
Also Know how the paint going to look like when painted...it actually different from the bottle it came from as you have to thin it down for airbrushing and also the transparent of the colour ...like the orange i use...needed the white under or you not going to see it at all....
The thinning of the paint is also important as every colour has a different consistency, i just eye ball it to be a little thinker than water ...With Airbrushing is too never stay in one spot but just keep moving , thin coats ..little burst at a time and never build it up too much or it will run like little drop ! When you actually see the wet (gloss) paint stop! that too much already! let it dry .... it very tempting to keep on goiing but that where you can stuff it up... clean the brush up (i use to hate doing this ...but im getting fast at it now
Waiting inbetween each colour/coats to dry ... and around 2-3 light coats of each colour ...orange took a few more as it very transparent ...
Panel lining and detail done in red and florescent yellow..around 2 coats.
then a clear matte coat
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It a cool figure , plus it bigg...thanks for the info ill check that brush out...Looks awesome! I'm feeling inspired to try a repaint myself, if I can find a figure that excites me enough.
What airbrush do you use? I've got an Aztek brush, which has swappable tips to allow you to (in theory) quickly change spray patterns or colours. Might be worth looking into if you get sick of doing a complete clean between colours.
Hey ill do it cheap for you KalEl .... But you know postage is a killer.... he big.! Pm me if your interested ....
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